Device for containing and ejecting oil, &amp;c.



UNITED smarts Patented December 15, 1903.

PATENT Oriana.

JESSE AUSTIN DUNN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPEQIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,1 3, dated December 1903- Serial 110.145.668- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it nttty concern.-

Be it known that I, Jesse AUSTIN DUNN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of- Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Devices for Containing and Ejecting Oil, 850., of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for con taining and ejecting oil and other fluids, and has for its object to provide a new and improved device of this description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a View in part section of a device embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing a modified construction. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 show modified constructions. Fig. 8 is a view of the end piece shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a flexible, resilient, transparent or semitransparent, or translucent bottle, receptacle, or the like adapted to contain liquid-such as oil, &;c.-which bottle, vial, or receptacle forms the original package in which the material is sold by the manufacturers or the retail dealers and which is so constructed as to permit the use'of the materialin small quantities by pressing the flexible, resilient, or elastic receptacle, the receptacle springing back to its original shape when the pressure is released. This vial'or receptacle is particularly adapted foran original package for high-class oils to be used on delicate machinery, where the oil should be under perfect control and applied in small controllable quantities, and it is also adapted as an original package for medicines, such as those to be used in the eye, or in any other connection where at the present time a dropper must be used to administer the medicine. This bottle,or vial,or receptacle, made of trans parent or semitransparent, flexible, and resilient material, permits a view of the material therein at all times, so that it can e seen by the user, and thus is under perfect control of the user in its application. The resilient receptacle is provided with a suitable attached end piece having a small opening thereth rough for controlling the quantity of material ejected and is preferably provided with a corking arrangement which prevents the material from accidentally escaping at times when it is not being used.

I have described a number of constructions in order to illustrate my invention.

Referring now to Fig. 1, I have illustrated a device comprising a flexible, transparent, semitransparent, or translucent receptacle or tube A, provided at one end with a cork B. This cork is preferably removably connected to the tube A and is provided with an openingextending therethrough, in which is inserted a glass tube 0, having at its end the metallic tube or controlling end piece D. This device may be used alone as an original package and sold with the material therein, or it may be adapted to be used as the cork for a receptacle, such as the bottle E, containing the oil or other material. The flexible tube or part A is made of material which will permit the tube to be compressed, but which tends to return to its normal position when released, and the material is of such a nature as not to be affected by the oil. When the device is not in use, it is inserted in the mouth of the bottle and acts asacork. When it is desired to use the device, the tube or part A is compressed so as to expel some of the air and then released and in returning to its normal position draws some of the oil up through the tubes D and O. The device is then removed from the bottle and the oil may be applied at the point desired by again compressing the tube.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a device similar to that of Fig. 1, except that the metallic tube or end piece D is omitted and the glass tube 0 is extended and contracted at the end to form the end piece.

In Fig. 3 I have shown another form,which construction shows the tube or part A made longer than that shown in Fig. 1, and there is provided a cap F, adapted to slip over the end piece D and engage the tube 0. This cap is provided with a closing-piece F, adapted to fit theend of the end piece D, so as to prevent the material from coming out when not in use. In this construction the part or tube Ais filled or partially filled with the oil or other material and maybe made to stand upright or laid down upon its side when not in use. When it is desired to use the device, the cap F is removed and the oil or other material forced out of the end piece by compressing the tube A. By properly proportioning the parts this device of Fig. 3 may be used without the cap F, for in this event it may be laid down upon its side when the tube A is filled or partially filled with oil without the oil leaking out of the end piece D.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a device like that of Fig. 3, except that the tube A instead of fitting around the cork B isfitted into an opening therein, so that the cork surrounds the end of the tube.

In Fig. 5 I have shown another construction adapted to be used with a bottle or the like. In this construction the tube or part A passes entirely through the cork B. It is provided at its end with a metallic end piece D, which is inserted in an opening through the cork G and then inserted in the outer end. The piece D is provided with the collar D, which insures its being held in the proper position. This end piece is illustrated in Fig. 8.

In Fig. 6 I have shown the device of Fig. 5 adapted to be used as a simple oiler and without the bottle or the like.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a construction where the end piece is integral with and made of the same material as the tube -or part A. This device is shaped at B like a cork, so that it may be inserted in a bottle, like the device shownin Fig. 1.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the oil is inserted by removing the cork B from the flexible tube or part A and in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 by means of a cork H at the outer end of the tube.

Fig. 9 shows a construction where the glass tube is connected directly to the flexible tube A without the intervention of a cork.

I haveillustrated several constructions in order to show the use of my invention; but it is of course evident that other forms than those herein may be used, and-I therefore do not limit myself to the particular constructions illustrated.

It will be seen that by this arrangement a transparent oiler is produced, and the oil is at all times in view, so that the operator can see just what conditions the oil is in and the amount of oil at his disposal and the control necessary to secure the desired results. This construction gives perfect control over the oil and a complete observation as to what is being accomplished.

These original packages may be sold in any desired manner-as, for example, by placing them in separate boxes-and may thus be stored upon the shelves or any other locality until sold to the customer.

I have used the term transparent; but by this term I include also semitranspare'nt and translucent.

Any suitable material may be used, and I have found that perhaps the most satisfactory devices consist of material made from cellulose, which is flexible and resilient and through which the amount of oil or other material can be readily seen. I may also use celluloid.

I claim 1. An original package for oil, 850., comprisin g a resilient, transparent compression-chamber, an end piece associated therewith for applying the fluid at the point desired, the end piece connected with the flexible chamber so as to be controlled thereby, whereby the fluid is in view while being controlled by the transparent com pression-chamber during the process of application.

2. An original package for oil, &c., comprisingaresilient,transparent com pression-chamber, an end piece associated therewith for applying the fluid at the point desired, and an intervening connecting-piece by means of which said end piece and the flexible chamber are united.

3. An original package for oil, &c., comprising a resilient,transparent compression-chamber, an end piece associated therewith for applying the fluid at the point desired, an intervening connecting-piece by means of which said-end piece and the flexible chamber are united, and a protecting-shield for said end piece, provided with a closing-piece which closes the opening therein.

4. The combination with a flexible transparent tube of a contracted end piece attached to said tube which prevents the escape of the fluid from the tube under normal conditions, said end piece adapted to permit the fluid to pass therethrough when the flexible tube is compressed.

5. The combination with a flexible transparent tube of a cork attached to the end thereof, a small rigid tube passing through said cork and communicating with the flexible tube, said small tube provided with a contracted end piece. V

6. The combination with a flexible transparent tube of a cork attached to the end thereof, a small rigid tube passing through said cork and communicating with the flexible tube, said small tube provided with a contracted end piece, and a cap adapted to be slipped over said contracted end piece.

7. The combination with a flexible transparent fluid -containing chamber provided with a cork, of an end piece consisting of a transparent tube associated with said cork and provided at its end with a small metallic controlling-tube through which the material is forced.

JESSE AUSTIN DUNN.

Witnesses:

HOMER L. KRAFT, EDWARD T. WRAY.

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